The Hospital Strength INDEXTM model aggregates data for 70 indicators organized into eight performance categories.
Bluffton Hospital was recognized by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) as a top 20 hospital for patient satisfaction. Chris Keller, president of Bluffton Hospital and Nicki Keuneke, director of operations recently received the award at the annual Critical Access Hospital Conference.
Patrick Estell performs with the Bluffton High School band in a recent Friday night football halftime show. Photo by Troy Breidenbach. To view more of Breidenbach's sports photos CLICK HERE.
By Monty Siekerman - Ada Icon
A Hardin County wind turbine project is being placed east of Ada this fall.
• The turbines are gigantic compared to the three at ONU and the one at Ada Schools. The tower of these is 300 feet high, the blade is 150 feet long, thus when a blade is pointing up, the turbine reaches 450 feet from the ground.
Bluffton University will host a fall choral concert featuring the University Chorale and Camerata Singers at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Feast your ears on the sounds of Palestrina, Handel, Debussy and Duruflé as Natalie Mallis, visiting assistant professor of music, will conduct the concert in collaboration with university accompanists Ana Yoder Coulter and Benjamin Crook.
This event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships.
Wendy Chappell-Dick (center) and the Anabaptist Singers share the hymns of Anabaptist martyrs sung to contemporary tunes during “Grace to you and Peace: Voices of the Martyrs” on Oct. 15 in Bluffton University’s Yoder Recital Hall.
Chappell-Dick adapted more than 20 songs for the performance which also featured the voices of about a dozen Bluffton community members.
Riley Creek United Methodist Church will hold a service of hymn singing and songs at 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 29, accortding to Duane Kemerley, pastor.
The church is located southeast of Ottawa and northwest of Pandora at the intersection of Putnam County Roads M and 7-L (7102 County Road M, Ottawa OH 45875), across from Putnam Stone Company.
